When the Berlin magazine "Signale für die Musikalische Welt" announced a piano work contest in 1909, Szymanowski submitted a combination of an old fugue he had composed back in 1905 with a short, ...

The young Rachmaninov knocked out this pianistic pinnacle aged just 19 years old. Why has it managed to remain a favourite for such a long time? After he emerged from the Moscow Conservatory as a ...

Nov. 11, 1921: Rachmaninoff sorry he wrote prelude Sergei Rachmaninoff – who many musicians declare is the biggest living composer and the finest pianist in the world today – acknowledges he made his ...

Although Sergei Rachmaninov was one of the most successful 20th century composers, he has been snubbed by some musical elitists, even historians. One famous music history book devotes a mere seven ...

The King Cole Trio. side 1: Prelude in C Sharp Minor; side 2: What Is This Thing Called Love? (Capitol 20011), from the album, Capitol presents: The King Cole Trio (Capitol A-8).

Sergei Rachmaninoff is a study in contrasts: reviled by critics but adored by audiences. He was a towering, scowling presence who rarely smiled. Yet he wore his tender heart on his sleeve with his ...

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Prelude and fugue No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 872)The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Prelude and fugue No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 872) ...